ਪਉੜੀ ੧੧

paurree 11

ਇਕ ਮਨਿ ਹੋਇ ਇਕਾਦਸੀ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਵਰਤੁ ਪਤਿਬ੍ਰਤਿ ਭਾਇਆ ।

eik man hoe ikaadasee guramukh varat patibrat bhaaeaa |

Like a faithful wife, gurmukh likes the fast of ekadasi in the form of concentration of mind (Hindus generally observe fast on the eleventh day of lunar month).

ਗਿਆਰਹ ਰੁਦ੍ਰ ਸਮੁੰਦ੍ਰ ਵਿਚਿ ਪਲ ਦਾ ਪਾਰਾਵਾਰੁ ਨ ਪਾਇਆ ।

giaarah rudr samundr vich pal daa paaraavaar na paaeaa |

Eleven Rudras (different forms of Siva) could not understand the mystery of this world - ocean.

ਗਿਆਰਹ ਕਸ ਗਿਆਰਹ ਕਸੇ ਕਸਿ ਕਸਵੱਟੀ ਕਸ ਕਸਾਇਆ ।

giaarah kas giaarah kase kas kasavattee kas kasaaeaa |

The gurmukh has controlled all the eleven (ten organs and the mind). Their eleven objects also he has controlled and he has purified the mind-gold by rubbing it on the touchstone of devotion.

ਗਿਆਰਹ ਗੁਣ ਫੈਲਾਉ ਕਰਿ ਕਚ ਪਕਾਈ ਅਘੜ ਘੜਾਇਆ ।

giaarah gun failaau kar kach pakaaee agharr gharraaeaa |

Cultivating eleven virtues he has chiselled and stabilized the tardy mind.

ਗਿਆਰਹ ਦਾਉ ਚੜ੍ਹਾਉ ਕਰਿ ਦੂਜਾ ਭਾਉ ਕੁਦਾਉ ਰਹਾਇਆ ।

giaarah daau charrhaau kar doojaa bhaau kudaau rahaaeaa |

Assuming eleven virtues (truth, contentment, compassion, dharma, control, devotion etc.) he has erased duality and dubiousness.

ਗਿਆਰਹ ਗੇੜਾ ਸਿਖੁ ਸੁਣਿ ਗੁਰ ਸਿਖੁ ਲੈ ਗੁਰਸਿਖੁ ਸਦਾਇਆ ।

giaarah gerraa sikh sun gur sikh lai gurasikh sadaaeaa |

Listening to the mantra eleven times, the gurmukh adopting the teaching of the Guru, is called Gursikh.

ਸਾਧਸੰਗਤਿ ਗੁਰੁ ਸਬਦੁ ਵਸਾਇਆ ।੧੧।

saadhasangat gur sabad vasaaeaa |11|

In the holy congregation only the Word-Guru resides in one's heart.